The Russian government’s invasion of Ukraine has provoked strong reactions across the world, from empathetic solidarity with the Ukrainian people to crass anti-Russian bigotry. Looking to ride the wave of both sentiments is a domestic foreign policy establishment that is eager to restore the U.S.’s …

Shepherd Books asked me to recommend 5 books about socialism today. With apologies to many amazing authors I could have listed, here they are. Who am I? I’ve been a socialist for my entire adult life and a wise-ass for even longer. As a writer I’ve found a way to combine these two…

In the nearly two years of this pandemic, we have endured not only illness, loss and social isolation, but also the mentally exhausting calculations of how to keep ourselves and our loved ones safe under constantly changing variants, infection rates and vaccine protections. From early on, we had to learn…

COVID has universalized the long struggle of disabled people for humane workplace and school accommodations. — The COVID pandemic has been a traumatic and revelatory historic experience for everyone, but especially so for disabled communities. …

As we head into the winter holidays nervously checking news about the Omicron variant and rising COVID-19 case numbers, let’s take a moment to think of how a more just society might handle the coming weeks. Schools and many workplaces would offer remote options for the final week before Christmas…

For months, a small coalition of parents and educators has sounded the alarm about New York City’s reopening plan. — Students have had a range of experiences with remote learning over the past 18 months, with some students thriving at home, others completely disappearing from the school system, and most falling at various points in between. …

“Zoom showed society a different way of relating and working. . . . Are those people going to come back from the Hamptons, from Aspen, from Florida? . . . If you were to see a 15 percent decline of people coming back to New York City, that would have…

While many in the U.S. have breathed an understandable sigh of relief as COVID cases sharply decline across the country, cases have continued to climb across much of the world where the number of available vaccines ranges from few to none. And after President Joe Biden came out in support…

Seventy-five people rallied in front of the Queens Criminal Courthouse on Monday, May 3 to demand that Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz drop all charges against Prakash Churaman, whose overturned 2018 murder conviction has spurred growing questions about the extent of police, prosecutorial and judicial misconduct across the borough. Churaman…